About 2 months ago I was talking about being an anti-pirate. That hasn't really worked out, because I've been sitting around in stations poring over skill books. Back in February this year I decided to become a Force Recon pilot. Now THERE is some intensive training requirements!But after a solid 6 months of training, I'm excited to find out I'm only a couple weeks away from jumping into my very first fully-equipped Force Recon. A Rapier, to be exact. About 2-3 weeks after that, I'll be able to jump into an Arazu, which will be my preferred stealth ship. I've been hanging out for an Arazu for a long, long time...
I recently flew my very first battleship, a Megathron, and was really excited about that little adventure! But I'm now very happy to be able to fly every single Tech 1 combat ship from frigates all the way up to battleships. For all races!
I can jump into any battleship, and start flying it. Admittedly, fitting it with the relevant racial fittings might be a bit of a problem, but not a big one... I can fly fully fitted Minmatar and Gallente battleships, and will soon work on the fittings for the Caldari and Amarr.
It's all very exciting! I'm not sure how much of this excitement a girl can handle...
Back to the topic - things are about to get interesting. Tomorrow I'll be finished with my cloaking training. I need to make some money to afford the Force Recon ships, so I'm going to jump into a cloaked Raven battleship and head off into null-sec to seek out some dirty rat battleships and blow them to hell! I hear there are huge bounties on their heads...
Once I'm in a Rapier, I'll be seeking out targets here and there, and blowing them to hell before they're even aware I've suddenly appeared!
Well, that's the plan, at least...
If any of you have tips on fittings and tactics for the Rapier or Arazu, PLEASE help me out by telling me about them in the comments. All your assistance will be greatly appreciated, especially since it'll help keep me alive!
here is a somewhat decent fitting:
ReplyDelete[Rapier, pvp rapier ]
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Damage Control II
Stasis Webifier II
Stasis Webifier II
Sensor Booster II
Warp Disruptor II
Large Shield Extender II
10MN MicroWarpdrive II
650mm Artillery Cannon II
650mm Artillery Cannon II
650mm Artillery Cannon II
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Core Defence Field Extender I
Core Defence Field Extender I
Warrior II
Valkyrie II
Things of note on this build:
1) Tracking will suck if you don't get a web on them and fast.
2) The rigs are nice and a lot cheaper now than before
3) Still an expensive ship to say the least.
you'll have to drop the third gyro II if you run into CPU issues
ReplyDeleteI have a different aproach to the rapier setup... Myself and my friends decided that 650 arties on a rapier was pitiful dps.. This one has close to 300 dps (299 actually). It hits harder (Proven in combat), and still does its job quite nicely. Admittedly doesn't have the same range, but since it can outdps another rapier or huggin, and doesn't have to worry about other ships webbing it, it will certainly have it's rewards ;)
ReplyDeleteAs fit, 300 dps, 20k falloff, 3.9k optimal.
[Rapier, New Setup 1]
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
10MN MicroWarpdrive II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Warp Disruptor II
Stasis Webifier II
Stasis Webifier II
425mm AutoCannon II, Barrage M
425mm AutoCannon II, Barrage M
425mm AutoCannon II, Barrage M
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Projectile Ambit Extension I
Projectile Ambit Extension I
Hammerhead II x3
Hobgoblin II x2